We woke up at 11 AM, which is 5 AM Florida time, our regular morning routine. Ed gets dressed for his morning run, quite a bit different from Florida, wearing his long warm running pants, gloves and cap. That’s how Ed starts his day, an excellent energizing run along the banks of the Seine river. Continue reading “getting the surgical tech ready”
Taking off in a snowstorm, landing in thick fog
Packing for this trip has been challenging. We like to fly American Airlines out of Tampa, Florida, our home-based airport. However, American Airlines does not fly into Liberia. We have to get ourselves to Paris—nineteen hours of travel time by itself—stay over in Paris, then catch another flight from Paris to Liberia—another twelve hours of travel time. If we were to depart on a Saturday, we would arrive in Liberia on a Tuesday.
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Our First Assignment- Liberia!
There are over 30,000 blind in Liberia with little or no eye care. We will be treating patients from February 22nd to March 9th.
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SEE International Certification Course
This video illustrates the need for surgeons to travel to underserved areas in the world that are overwhelmed with blindness and no eye care!
SEE International requires a certification on the Manual Small Incision Cataract Procedure (MSCIS). This procedure enables surgeons to do a high volume of cataract surgery with minimal equipment.